Aalst - Town Hall

(Local Name: Stadhuis) The Stadhuis (Town Hall) on the opposite side of the market square was rebuilt in 1830, at which time it acquired its Roccoco facade and Late Neo-Classical banqueting hall. The original building, the "Landhuis", constructed between 1643 and 1645, was the meeting place of he Aalst provincial assembly which represented not just Aalst itself but also Geraardsbergen and 150 rural parishes.